I am searching for a locality in N-Africa where Maire collected. A specimen of Orbilia (Maire 3055), on wood of Ulmus campestris, has the location:

Narengo, forêt de Sidi-Sliman (last word uncertain)

14.I.1915 (or 1919?), as "Orbilia rubella var."

No country is given. I could imagine that in the below articles such a location would be mentioned.

For any help I am very thankful

Zotto

Maire, R.C.J.E. (1917). Schedae ad mycothecam boreali-Africanam. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique de Nord 8 (4): 74-84.

Maire, R.C.J.E. (1917). Champignons nord-Africains nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique de Nord 8: 134-200.

Maire, R.C.J.E. (1919). Une ustilaginale nouvelle de la flore nord-Africaine. Bulletin de la Société de Hist. Nat. Afrique du Nord 10: 46-47. 

Maire, R.C.J.E. (1927). Champignons nord-Africains nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 18: 117-120.

Maire, R.C.J.E. (1928). Diagnoses de champignons inédits de l'Afrique du Nord. Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société Mycologique de France 44: 37-56. 

Hans-Otto Baral, 20-04-2013 09:54

Re : Maire N-Africa

Many thanks Framcis, for this fast help!

I find Hadjout WSW of Algier, it is located away from larger forests both in the north and south. Do you have an idea how to find out which is the forst meant by Maire? A map of Algeria showing this info i did not find.

Zotto

Hans-Otto Baral, 20-04-2013 10:32

Re : Maire N-Africa

Thanks a lot! The coordinates of the second link I also discovered now, but they lead to the NE of Hadjout, there is no house at all.

But another link led me to a village 3.5 km NNW of Hadjout, and there are forests between, see attach.

http://www.alltravels.com/algeria/tipaza/nador/photos/current-photo-45609863

So I think the unnamed village is Errahaba

Zotto

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